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Storm reports for July 27, 2026

NOAA recorded 120 hail reports, 428 wind reports and 14 tornado reports in 24 states on July 27, 2026.

in 24 states
562
Storm reports
2 NW Gresham, Shawano County, WI
4.5 in
Largest hail
2 WSW Goodenow, Will County, IL
104 mph
Highest gust
14
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on July 27, 2026 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

An EF3 tornado with peak winds near 140 mph formed on the west side of Appleton, Wisconsin, at 11:56 a.m. CDT on July 27, 2026, and tracked south through Fox Crossing and Menasha before ending over Lake Winnebago at 12:22 p.m.1,2 It damaged warehouses, retail buildings and strip malls in Appleton.3 In Menasha, where it widened to 1,500 yards, it tore roofs off homes and collapsed the outer walls of small retail and professional buildings.2 NOAA's Storm Events Database lists over $100 million in estimated damage from the tornado, with 85 buildings destroyed, 418 with major damage, 1,862 with minor damage or otherwise affected, and 98 injuries.2 Around 10:28 a.m. CDT, 4.5-inch hail fell northwest of Gresham in Shawano County, and 3-inch hail fell near Sturgeon Bay, in Algoma and near Belle Plaine.1,4

Straight-line winds estimated at 80 to 105 mph hit southern Cook and eastern Will counties in Illinois starting about 12:45 p.m. CDT, and Bult Field near Monee measured a 104 mph gust.5 An industrial building collapsed in Frankfort, 11 semi-trailers flipped at a cargo facility in Ford Heights, a sports dome collapsed near Tinley Park and seven houses were badly damaged in Steger.5,6,7 NWS Chicago confirmed seven tornadoes. One of the two strongest, an EF1 with 110 mph winds, tracked 11.4 miles from Country Club Hills to Glenwood, tearing roofing off apartment buildings along 171st Street and injuring 12 people.5 Around 3:48 p.m. CDT, wind blew part of a roof off an apartment building in Waukegan.5

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Green Bay: July 27, 2026 Severe Storms and Tornado Summary
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1347410, tornado, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1347409, tornado, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1347445, hail, Shawano County, Wisconsin
  5. 5. NWS Chicago: July 27, 2026: Intense Severe Storms Produce Several Tornadoes, Extensive Wind Damage, Damaging Hail, and Flooding
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1357937, thunderstorm wind, Will County, Illinois
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1358589, thunderstorm wind, Cook County, Illinois

Reports by hour

Hail120, most at 12 PM

Wind428, most at 12 PM

Tornado14, most at 12 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:54 AMNot rated1 N Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, ILNot surveyed
11:55 AMNot ratedWheaton, DuPage County, ILNot surveyed
11:55 AMNot rated1 NNW Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, ILNot surveyed
11:56 AMNot rated2 WNW Appleton, Outagamie County, WINot surveyed
12:09 PMNot ratedDowners Grove, DuPage County, ILNot surveyed
12:28 PMNot rated1 SSE Romeoville, Will County, ILNot surveyed
12:34 PMNot rated3 NW Orland Park, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
12:45 PMNot rated1 N Orland Park, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
12:47 PMNot rated1 ENE Hazel Crest, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
12:51 PMNot rated1 ESE Markham, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
12:58 PMNot rated2 E Glenwood, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
12:59 PMNot rated1 ENE Hazel Crest, Cook County, ILNot surveyed
3:31 PMNot rated1 NNW Sweetser, Grant County, INNot surveyed
6:14 PMNot rated1 WNW Hoopeston, Vermilion County, ILNot surveyed

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois2376815712
Indiana935871
Wisconsin5435181
Kentucky360360
Arizona240240
Ohio181170
South Dakota140140
Michigan12660
New Jersey12390
Nebraska10190
Florida9090
Pennsylvania8080
Alabama5050
South Carolina5050
Kansas4040
New Mexico4040
Connecticut3030
Georgia3030
New York3120
Utah3030
North Carolina2020
Colorado1010
Maryland1010
Missouri1010

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Chicago, IL2.0 in74 mph0
Indianapolis, IN1.25 in59 mph0
Appleton, WI1.0 inNone1
Trenton, NJ1.0 inNone0
Baltimore, MDNoneNone0
Cincinnati, OHNoneNone0
Columbia, SCNoneNone0
Dayton, OHNoneNone0
Lexington, KYNoneNone0
Lincoln, NENone58 mph0
Milwaukee, WINoneNone0
Scranton, PANoneNone0
St. Louis, MONoneNone0
Tallahassee, FLNoneNone0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.